A New Tool Jams Facial Recognition Technology With Digital Doppelgängers

Brighter AI promises to protect protesters. But is it enough?

Evan Selinger
OneZero
Published in
8 min readAug 20, 2020

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Gif of a man’s face getting pixellated.
Photo illustration; Image source: Carlina Teteris/Getty Images

There are many reasons why the movement to ban the police from using facial recognition technology is growing. This summer, reporters at the New York Times and Detroit Free Press revealed that Detroit police officers used faulty facial…

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Evan Selinger
OneZero
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Prof. Philosophy at RIT. Latest book: “Re-Engineering Humanity.” Bylines everywhere. http://eselinger.org/